Best PlacesPound Ridge, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pound Ridge, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pound Ridge ranks 1,320th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pound Ridge
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Pound Ridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pound Ridge ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$250,001 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
Where Pound Ridge ranks low
- Short commute42.9 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pound Ridge
A household needs to earn about $327,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pound Ridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $250,001, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Pound Ridge's effective rate of 1.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pound Ridge
Pound Ridge runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pound Ridge.
Who works in Pound Ridge, and how
Work in Pound Ridge centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 51%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Pound Ridge
Pound Ridge has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. The coast is about 22 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Pound Ridge and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pound Ridge, month by month
Pound Ridge sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Pound Ridge
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 34 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pound Ridge
Schools across Pound Ridge average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Increase Miller Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Meadow Pond Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Bedford Village Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Middlebrook SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- East Ridge Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- John Jay Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- John Jay High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Fox Lane High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- New Canaan High SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pound Ridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pound Ridge measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Pound Ridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pound Ridge
Is Pound Ridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pound Ridge ranks 1,320th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on long commutes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pound Ridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,134,465. The overall cost of living runs about 40% above the national average. Set against a $250,001 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Pound Ridge safe?
Yes, Pound Ridge is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $260 per resident a year.
Compare Pound Ridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pound Ridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pound Ridge represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Pound Ridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pound Ridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pound Ridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pound Ridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pound Ridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pound Ridge detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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